QLD:Bligh governs from Rockhampton

AAP General News (Australia)
08-08-2011
QLD:Bligh governs from Rockhampton

Premier Anna Bligh has set up office in the central Queensland city of Rockhampton
for a change of scenery.

The premier will govern the state from the city for three days, beginning her duties
by chairing a cabinet meeting in Brisbane by video link today.

It's the fourth time Ms BLIGH has left her George Street office under a program to
govern the state from regional areas.

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Vic: Australian households to encouraged to donate organs

AAP General News (Australia)
02-18-2005
Vic: Australian households to encouraged to donate organs

MELBOURNE, Feb 18 AAP - Every Australian household will be sent an organ donation consent
form as part of a new campaign to increase organ donation.

Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott announced the campaign at the launch of the Australian
Organ Donor Awareness Week in Melbourne today.

From April, every household will be sent a co-signed letter from the government and
the Pharmacy Guild inviting people to register their consent on the Australian Organ Donor
Register.

Mr Abbott said it was hoped the initiative would encourage more organ donation, with
Australia having one of the lowest rates of donation in the world.

"The problem at the moment is that our organ donation rates are very low," he said.

"Ours and New Zealand's are the lowest in the world at about 10 donations per million a year."

The initiative follows a decision by health ministers last month to change the Australian
Organ Donor Register to a register of consent, rather than intent.

Under the new arrangements, clinicians will not need to seek families' consent when
a person has registered legally valid consent through the register.

Close to 20,000 Australians are waiting for an organ transplant at any time.

In 2004, there were 218 Australian organ donors from whom 783 people received transplants.

Donors included cricketer David Hookes who died in January 2004.

His wife Robyn Hookes and several of Australia's sporting elite including close friend
of David, Shane Warne, were at the official launch.

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia has agreed to use $6 million of Australian government
funds from The Third Community Pharmacy Agreement for the new registration brochures and
the letters.

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KEYWORD: ORGAN

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VIC:Pricklyback crayfish off the menu

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2011
VIC:Pricklyback crayfish off the menu

MELBOURNE, April 12 AAP - The `pricklyback' crayfish has gone off the menu and onto
the endangered list.

Once threatened by over-fishing, the survival of the Glenelg Spiny Freshwater Crayfish
is now at the mercy of drought, land clearing and salinity which have caused long-term
declines in their habitat.

Unlike yabbies, the crayfish known as `pricklyback' is off limits for fishing and now
definitely off the menu after being recently added to the endangered list.

Victoria's Department of Sustainability and Environment welcomed the listing of the
Glenelg spiny crayfish, which is found only in southwest Victoria and southeast South
Australia.

DSE biodiversity officer Jodie Honan said the listing followed continuing research
and conservation work, after concerns over over-fishing were first raised in the 1980s.

She said a series of size limits, bag limits and closed seasons were initially imposed
to reduce fishing pressure, while the pricklyback was taken off the menu in Victoria several
years ago.

"Since 2010 fishing for the species has been prohibited in both Victoria and South
Australia because of habitat loss and sustainability concerns," Ms Honan said on Tuesday.

Land clearing, salinity and changes in land use had caused long-term declines in their habitat.

Drought conditions had dried some former habitats while bushfires and landslips had
affected important catchments, increasing concerns about the species' survival, the DSE
said.

Ms Honan said the Glenelg spiny crayfish, which is slow-growing and has long lives,
are easy to distinguish from yabbies by their spines and bumps on their large claws and
bodies.

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FED:Diary Events Thursday, December 23, 2010

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2010
FED:Diary Events Thursday, December 23, 2010
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:

ADELAIDE
No items listed.

BRISBANE
No items listed.

CANBERRA
No items listed.

HOBART
No items listed.

MELBOURNE
- Australian Girls Choir Christmas carols in CBD continues. Contact: 9639 4078. Website:
www.collinsstreet.com.au

PERTH
No items listed.

SYDNEY
0830 - Photo opportunity as some of Taronga Zoo's wild creatures receive Christmas-themed
behavioural enrichment treats filled with food like meal worms and watermelon. Taronga
Zoo Media Relations Office, via security gate at corner of Whiting Road and Prince Albert
Street, Mosman. Contact: Ben Gibson, 9978 4752.

1200 - Senator Mark Arbib to help serve lunch to Sydney's homeless and disadvantaged.

The Salvation Army's Streetlevel Mission. 339 Crown Street, Surry Hills. Contact: 8353
9407.

SPORT:
CRICKET - One-Day Cup - to February 27
NSW v VIC, SCG

SOCCER - A-League - to February 13
Week 20 - to December 29
1900 - Sydney FC v Melbourne Heart, SFS

BASKETBALL - NBL -
Rnd 11
1930 - Wollongong v Gold Coast, WIN Entertainment Cnt
2000 - Sydney v Melbourne, Sydney Entertainment Cnt
2000 (AEDT) - Adelaide v Townsville, The Dome

BASKETBALL - NBA - to April 13
USA

GRIDIRON FOOTBALL - NFL - to January 2
USA

ICE HOCKEY - NHL - to April 10
USA

GALLOPS -
Wyong
Seymour
Murwillumbah
Bunbury
Toowoomba
Launceston
Hong Kong
Sth Africa
France

TROTS -
Penrith
Melton
Gold Coast
Newcastle
Narrogin
Shepparton
New Zealand
France

GREYHOUNDS -
Dapto
Sandown
Albion Park
Angle Park
Warragul
Dubbo
Bendigo
Maitland
Mandurah
Hobart
New Zealand

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VIC:Police alert for Chaouk revenge

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2010
VIC:Police alert for Chaouk revenge

By Steve Lillebuen

MELBOURNE, Aug 14 AAP - Police across the country are on alert for revenge attacks
after the slaying of Melbourne crime family patriarch Macchour Chaouk.

The highly charged feud between the Chaouk family and a rival clan has worried investigators,
who have notified both interstate and federal police agencies of a potential escalation
in violence.

Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Sir Ken Jones has called for calm and warned anyone
contemplating revenge in the wake of the Friday shooting that avengers will be caught.

"In relation to the death of Macchour Chaouk, Victoria Police continues to take active
steps in a number of Melbourne communities to guard against any risk of escalation," he
said in a statement.

"In this, Victoria Police is being actively assisted by federal and state law enforcement
agencies."

It's believed the Chaouks have links to Lebanese crime gangs in Sydney, while courts
have heard they have access to weapons and are involved in an "ongoing war" with the rival
Haddara family.

The Chaouk family has already vowed revenge for the death of its 65-year-old patriarch,
saying "the weak, dirty dogs killed him on Ramadan" in a statement obtained by The Age
newspaper.

"His blood does not come cheap, especially in Ramadan," it says.

A family spokesman told the newspaper: "Every dog has its day."

Macchour Chaouk was gunned down about 11am on Friday in the backyard of his fortified
Brooklyn home in Melbourne's west by a drive-by shooter.

His wife, another family member and three young children were home at the time and
ran to his side before he died minutes later.

The youngest of Chaouk's five sons, Omar, was embraced by a group of family and friends
outside the home following the shooting.

He is on bail after the seizure of guns, ammunition and blank passports at the home last month.

Detectives let Omar view his father's body for about 20 minutes after they had secured
the house with Special Operations Group officers.

Late on Friday police arrested a 57-year-old man in connection with Chaouk's death.

Homicide detectives will resume questioning the Altona North man on Saturday. He has
not yet faced an out-of-sessions court.

Hours after the Chaouk shooting, a shooting rampage tore up a pokies venue on busy
Lygon Street, sparking fears that revenge attacks had already begun.

Two men died in the shooting at Players on Lygon in Carlton while a suspect was quickly arrested.

He too is being questioned by detectives on Saturday.

Sir Ken said on Saturday that investigators had now completely ruled out any links
between the two shootings.

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Fed:RBA should show caution on rates:ACCI

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2010
Fed:RBA should show caution on rates:ACCI

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the Reserve Bank should show caution
about raising interest rates too quickly .. and not choke off early signs of economic
recovery.

The ACCI's GREG EVANS says there's still a slight chance the central bank won't lift
rates .. when it holds its monthly board meeting today.

And he says if the official rate is lifted .. banks shouldn't necessarily lift them
by the full amount .. because they've increased their net interest margin.

AAP RTV cb/sb/wf

KEYWORD: RATES ACCI (CANBERRA)

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The main stories at 0800 on Sydney's Triple M FM

AAP General News (Australia)
08-24-2009
The main stories at 0800 on Sydney's Triple M FM

- Australia's Test cricketers have lost their third series in a year after defeat at
the Oval loses the Ashes

- Busways drivers come under fire calling a snap strike in Sydney's west this morning

- House prices in Sydney could dramatically rise over the next few years

- Food prices could rise before Christmas unless there's rain in the next fortnight

- Government considering system where cabbies ask for pre-payment

- Survivors of 2002 Bali bombing angry about plans to build new nightclub on site of Sari club

- Magic Dirt bassplayer dies aged 37

SPORT

- Ashes loss

- NRL

- F1 European GP

- Athletics medals

AAP RTV tm

KEYWORD: MONITOR 0800 MMMSYD (SYDNEY)

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WA: Main stories in Perth's daily newspaper

AAP General News (Australia)
04-15-2009
WA: Main stories in Perth's daily newspaper

PERTH, April 15 AAP - Main stories in The West Australian newspaper on Monday:

Page 1: Taxpayers will foot a $600,000 annual bill to keep a convicted teenage sex
offender, who molested two girls at a McDonald's restaurant, under 24-hour supervision.

Page 3: Italian police are investigating the suspicious death of Perth antique dealer
Carlo Lampronti, who spent the past 20 years travelling between Perth and Rome.

Page 5: A small group of patients with type 1 diabetes were freed from daily insulin
injections for up to four years after a transplant using their own stemcells.

World: North Korea has announced it will quit six-nation nuclear disarmament talks
and restart its atomic weapons program in protest at the United Nations' condemnation
of its rocket launch. (Pyongyang)

Business: Rebel BrisConnections shareholder Nicholas Bolton has sold the voting rights
to his 77 million units to Leighton Holdings - the construction company that is part of
the consortium building Brisbane's Airport Link toll road - in return for a $4.5 million
one-off payment.

Sport: West Coast coach John Worsfold has thrown his support behind veteran midfielder
Chad Fletcher, labelling the left-footer ahead of most of his squad on form so far this
season.

AAP ah

KEYWORD: MONITOR FRONTERS WA

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Vic: Dog nappers avoid jail

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2008
Vic: Dog nappers avoid jail

MELBOURNE, Dec 9 AAP - Two men who stole a pet dog and threatened to kill it unless
the owner gave them a gun have avoided jail.

Scott Wilson, 19, and Andrew Davidson, 47, stole a Maltese terrier called Kimba from
a Melbourne home in March and left a ransom note.

The note demanded Kimba's owner give them a hand gun and ammunition or the pooch would be killed.

Wilson, of Croydon, and Davidson, of Warrnambool, pleaded guilty to theft and blackmail.

Wilson also pleaded guilty to burglary.

Victorian County Court Judge Duncan Allen today ordered the pair to serve community
based orders for two years.

Judge Allen said he would not record a conviction for either man.

AAP md/lg/pmu/de

KEYWORD: DAVIDSON

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Fed: Govt will consider best way to introduce pricing scheme

AAP General News (Australia)
08-06-2008
Fed: Govt will consider best way to introduce pricing scheme

A grocery price website .. GROCERYchoice .. begins operation today .. as the price
we pay in grocery shops comes increasingly under scrutiny.

Yesterday .. the federal government said it would look at the best way of introducing
a mandatory national unit pricing scheme .. one of the key recommendations from the ACCC's
inquiry into grocery prices.

The Commission has found grocery retailing is workably competitive .. but restricted
by factors such as limited incentives for price competition between the major players
Coles and Woolworths.

AAP RTV srj/rl/crh/ibw/wz/fdf

KEYWORD: GROCERY (CANBERRA)

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Fed: PM welcomes new Speaker = 2

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2008
Fed: PM welcomes new Speaker = 2

The House has now been adjourned until 2.30pm .. when members will be presented to
the governor-general.

AAP RTV rl/jmt

KEYWORD: PARLY RUDD SPEAKER 2 CANBERRA (REOPENS)

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Fed: Ray Martin could leave Channel Nine: reports

AAP General News (Australia)
08-25-2007
Fed: Ray Martin could leave Channel Nine: reports

RAY MARTIN could follow his boss GARRY LINNELL and leave Channel Nine .. according
to media reports.

The 62-year-old news and current affairs veteran's told News Limited newspapers he's
quitting television after almost 30 years with the network.

MARTIN says it's been a wonderful run and he's enjoyed it very much .. but it's simply
time to bow out.

However .. The Australian newspaper quotes unnamed sources at the network as saying

MARTIN'S frustrated by the perceived lack of leadership at Nine.







If he were to leave .. he'd follow former news and current affairs bosses PETER MEAKIN
.. MARK LLEWELLYN .. LINNELL, Sunday executive producer JOHN LYONS .. network chief executives
DAVID LECKIE .. SAM CHISHOLM and DAVID GYNGELL .. as well as onscreen identities such
as JAMIE DURIE and JANA WENDT.

All have left during the reign of former Sydney Morning Herald editor JOHN ALEXANDER
at Publishing and Broadcasting Limited.

PBL recently sold down its stake in Nine Network from full ownership to 25 per cent
.. leaving it under the control of private equity group CVC Asia Pacific.

AAP RTV krc/goc/rs/rt

KEYWORD: MARTIN (SYDNEY)

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NSW: Hospital admits "flawed" care of girl hit by golf ball

AAP General News (Australia)
04-10-2007
NSW: Hospital admits "flawed" care of girl hit by golf ball

A Sydney hospital has admitted to flaws in its care of a teenage girl .. who died after
being hit in the head by a golf ball.

In a statement to the inquest into the death of 16-year-old VANESSA ANDERSON .. Royal
North Shore Hospital said there were mistakes made in her care.

VANESSA was admitted to hospital with a fractured skull .. after she was struck by
a ball at the Asquith Golf Club in 2005.

About 40 hours after a doctor assessed her head injury as mild .. she suffered a seizure
and died.

Deputy coroner CARL MILOVANOVICH has heard senior doctors weren't kept informed about
the pain killers she was given.

Four times the therapeutic level of codeine .. and high levels of the analgesic Endone
.. were found in VANESSA'S blood.

Mr MILOVANOVICH was also told the teenager's CT scan went missing after her admission.

Outside court .. VANESSA'S father .. WARREN ANDERSON .. branded her treatment a comedy of errors.

The inquest resumes tomorrow.

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Diary Events for Saturday, December 9, 2006

AAP General News (Australia)
12-08-2006
Diary Events for Saturday, December 9, 2006
EVENTS LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND LOCAL TIME UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED:


ADELAIDE


1100: Rally in support of David Hicks, Victoria Square. Contact: Terry Hicks 0411 505 584.

1400: Police Expo rehearsal. Fort Largs Police Academy, Taperoo. Contact: 8226 2688


BRISBANE


0600 - Cycling's Elite unite for Amy's Ride Queensland. Organised to raise funds for The
Amy Gillett Foundation. Participants include Robbie McEwen, Nick Gates, Henk Vogels, Matt
Wilson and Sara Carrigan. Also present Amy's parents and husband Simon Gillett. Choice
of 100km starting at Southbank, Brisbane, a 45km out-and-back starting in Surfers Paradise.

Both events finish on the Esplanade in Surfers Paradise followed by coffee, entertainment,
interviews and autograph signing with the stars. Contact: Lisa Pringle 5449 0711.


CANBERRA


No items listed.


DARWIN


No items listed.


HOBART


No items listed.


PERTH


No items listed.


MELBOURNE


1030 - TCFUA, AMWU and ETU `Flying Carpet' protest over carpet manufacturer Godfrey Hirst
and Feltex AWAs continues. 35-65 Parramount Road, Tottenham (Melway 41 E5). Contact: Tommy
Clarke 9639 2955, 0409 550 460.

1400 - David Hicks national day of action protest, with speakers including Nicola Roxon
(Shadow Attorney General), Senator Bob Brown, Lex Lasry QC, Nicole Bieske (Amnesty International
Australia), Brian Walter (Liberty Victora), Michelle O'Neil (TCFUA). Federation Square.

Contact: Allison Henry 0417 108 362, 02 6277 2039.


SYDNEY


0800 - Continues over the weekend - Two Aboriginal women will do a 40 kilometre Walk for
Life from Kyogle to Casino to draw attention to the biggest killers of Aboriginal people
across Australia - cancer, kidney disease, heart disease and diabetes. Departs Kyogle
Hospital. Contact: Alastair Harris 0409 658 177 or Michelle Torrens 0427 502 181 or Patsy
Nagas 0427 927 603.

1100 - Australian Idol stars Damien Leith, Jessica Mauboy and Dean Geyer, among others,
to attend Dolly magazine's free music and gaming festival for teens. The Show Ring, Fox
Studios Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park. Contact: Jane Hayes 0413 979 234 or 9327 4983
or Trinity Scarf 0413 581 769.

1100 - Manly Surf School and Rip Curl's Learn to Surf Day. North Steyne Surf Club, Manly.

Contact: Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan 9977 1011 or 0404 095 326 or Karina Munoz 9977 1011.

1200 - One of many rallies across Australia to call on the Australian government to bring
Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks home. Town Hall, Sydney. Contact: 9217 7640 or Marlene
Obeid 0401 758 871.

1300 - Continues all day, until December 10. National conference for women from all backgrounds
to discuss racism, nationalism, and the reality of Muslim women's lives in Australia.

Building 2, Room 429, UTS City Campus, Broadway. Contact: Christina Ho 9514 1946 or 0403
258 329 or Tanja Dreher 9514 2902 or 0417 464 030.

1930 - Hurstville City Council to hold Carols by Candlelight at Mortdale RSL. Mortdale
Memorial Park, Boundary Rd, Mortdale. Contact: Paul Spyve 9330 6008 or 0411 748 953 or
Stewart Heaney 9330 6036.


SPORT


CRICKET - to December 10 -
WA v England, Perth
CRICKET - Pura Cup -
Round 4 - to December 9
TAS v SA, Bellerive Oval
BASKETBALL - NBL championship -
Round 12 - to December 10
1930 - West Sydney Razorbacks v Sydney Kings, Sydney SuperDome
2040 (AEDT) - Cairns Taipans v South Dragons, Cairns Convention Cnt
MOTORSPORT - V8 Supercars C'ship series -
Round 13 - to December 10
Grand Finale, Phillip Is Grand Prix circuit, Vic
MOTORSPORT - V8 Supercars series -
Round 7 - to December 10
Grand Finale Support, Phillip Is Grand Prix circuit, Vic
SWIMMING - Australian C'Ships/Selection Trials FINA World C'ships - to December 10
Sleeman Aquatic Centre, Chandler, Brisbane
GOLF - Australian PGA championships - to December 10
Hyatt Regency Coolum
GOLF - Barbados World Cup - to December 10
Sandy Lane Resort, Barbados
SWIMMING - World Disability C'ships - to December 9
Durban, Sth Africa
SURFING - 2006 Foster's Men's WCT -
Rip Curl Pipeline Masters, Oahu, Hawaii - to December 20
SURFING - 2006 ASP Women's WCT -
Billabong Pro, Honolua Bay, Maui-Hawaii - to December 20
GALLOPS -
Rosehill
Caulfield
Doomben
Cheltenham
Stawell
Kembla Grange
Ascot
Gold Coast
Armidale
Toowoomba
New Zealand
England
TROTS -
Newcastle
Moonee Valley
Albion Park
Globe Derby
Bunbury
GREYHOUNDS -
Wentworth Park
The Meadows
Shepparton
Cannington



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Tas: Fox carcass sparks national evvironmental emergency: Greens

AAP General News (Australia)
08-02-2006
Tas: Fox carcass sparks national evvironmental emergency: Greens

The Greens say Tasmania's standing as a virtual Noah's Ark of rare and endangered species
.. could be threatened by the latest discovery of a dead fox.

Party leader BOB BROWN says yesterday's discovery of a fox carcass in the north midlands
.. is bad news for animals under threat from the feral pests.

And .. wildlife biologist NICK MOONEY's told ABC radio the carcass's age confirms foxes
are breeding in the state.

AAP RTV rgr/srp/bart

KEYWORD: FOX (HOBART)

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Fed: Reform wheat watchdog, Democrats say

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2006
Fed: Reform wheat watchdog, Democrats say

The Democrats say the wheat export watchdog must be overhauled .. before Australia's
international reputation can be fixed.

Democrats leader LYN ALLISON says Australian companies which do business in sensitive
geo-political environments should also adopt a code of conduct.

Senator ALLISON's called on the Prime Minister to overhaul the Australian Wheat Board
.. following the scandal over its alleged payments to former Iraqi dictator SADDAM HUSSEIN.

She says it's made Australia look pretty tatty in the world scene .. because it broke
sanctions committed to .. long before the war in Iraq.

AAP RTV dr/tm/ibw

KEYWORD: AWB DEMOCRATS (MELBOURNE)

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Vic: Hotel where Hookes died to close

AAP General News (Australia)
12-30-2004
Vic: Hotel where Hookes died to close

MELBOURNE, Dec 30 AAP - Almost a year after former test cricketer David Hookes died
outside the Beaconsfield Hotel the once bustling St Kilda nightspot is reported to have
closed.

Zdravko Micevic, a former bouncer at the hotel, will face a Supreme Court Trial next
year charged with manslaughter over Hookes' death.

A former manager of the hotel Marcus Veedikint told The Age newspaper that the hotel
had closed its doors for good on Christmas Eve after a spate of incidents following Hookes'
death.

"The stigma was always going to be there," he told The Age.

"People were venting it at the hotel, windows were being broken, staff were being spat on."

Port Phillip Mayor Darren Ray said the owner of the hotel had approached the council
with a proposal for the construction of a five-storey residential tower on the site.

AAP apw/cmc

KEYWORD: HOOKES

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MSN.co.uk welcomes increased interoperability as a result of AOL-Time Warner merger.

M2 PRESSWIRE-15 January 2001-MSN.CO.UK: MSN.co.uk welcomes increased interoperability as a result of AOL-Time Warner merger (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:12012001

Following the announcement of the AOL and Time Warner merger today, MSN.co.uk the UK's most visited web destination, welcomes the news that users of any Instant Messaging service will, in time, be able to communicate in a seamless, convenient, private and secure manner.

MSN.co.uk has been a founder member of IMUnified, a coalition created in July 2000, with the aim of rapidly enabling users of all members' Instant Messaging services to communicate freely with each other in the same simple manner they have come to expect from phone and e-mail based communication. In addition, the coalition is fully committed to protecting users' privacy and security in the implementation of interoperable Instant Messaging.

Commenting on the news, Geoff Sutton, Director of MSN.co.uk said: "We have always supported interoperability for Instant Messaging and will continue to do so until this solution is realised. Internet users want to exchange instant messages with each other, regardless of which service they use. We welcome the news that AOL will have to become a part of this open standard for Instant Messaging, it will be a big win for the users of all our services."

MSN Messenger Service has 24 million users world wide.

Although the FCC conditions surrounding the merger were less stringent than MSN had hoped, the announcement brings the industry one step closer to making open communication between all instant messaging services a reality.

Notes to Editor:

About msn.co.uk:

MSN gives consumers a new home on the Internet - a central place where they can get everything they need from the Web and make the most out of their time online. With more than 200 million visitors worldwide and more than 10 million (MSN data) in the UK per month, the MSN integrated network of content and services is the most popular destination on the Internet. MSN is available in 33 markets and in 17 languages - a broader global presence than any other portal. MSN takes advantage of the Microsoft '.NET' platform to offer leading services, any time, any place and on any device, with the most integrated and personalised user experience for communications, search, shopping, personal finance and entertainment.

Best-of-breed services available on msn.co.uk include the MSN Hotmail web-based e-mail service; MSN Messenger Service, one of the fastest growing instant messaging services on the Web; MSN Search, the UK's most popular online search service; MSN Web Communities, where people can create their own web sites, and MSN Shopping, the one-stop online shopping resource. MSN is freely available to all Internet users and is located on the Web at http://www.msn.co.uk

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business

computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software - any time, any place and on any device.

About IMUnified

IMUnified, a recently formed coalition (25 July 2000) of leading technology and instant messaging companies, created to provide functional interoperability enabling its members' Internet users to communicate freely with each other.

IMUnified will strive to implement open standards-based interoperability for instant messaging as these protocols emerge from the IETF standardization process. The founding members of IMUnified are AT&T, Excite@home, iCAST, MSN, Odigo, Phone.com, Prodigy, Tribal Voice and Yahoo! More information on IMUnified and its activities can be found at http://www.IMUnified.org/.

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InvoiceLink Inks Agreement with Wachovia.

GREENSBORO, N.C., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- InvoiceLink Corporation has signed an agreement with Wachovia Corporate Services Inc. to provide electronic bill presentment and bill payment solutions for Wachovia corporate customers. The service will bring together Wachovia's cash management expertise with InvoiceLink's advanced technology.

"To have our product selected by a corporation like Wachovia is quite prestigious, but more important, it validates that the billing strategy provided through InvoiceLink is positioned to lead the EBPP revolution," said R. Alan Neely, president and chief executive officer of InvoiceLink Corporation. "Wachovia's consultative approach in the corporate market will provide billers with an expert adviser in sorting through the cash management issues surrounding the various electronic bill presentment and payment models. We look forward to a long-term working relationship with Wachovia and welcome the opportunity to work together in delivering the right EBPP solutions for its client base."

InvoiceLink Corporation has pioneered a method for secure, Internet-based bill presentation and payment. The patent-pending application software places control in the hands of the biller, with payments handled by the biller's bank.

"InvoiceLink's innovative advancements in EBPP technology target bill distribution through Web portals and home banking sites. This is an exciting development in the EBPP market," said Douglas G. Hartsema, manager of Wachovia's Treasury Services Group. "Aligning InvoiceLink's electronic billing technology with Wachovia's cash management services such as online credit card authorization, ACH payment processing and lockbox services will provide billers a comprehensive electronic accounts receivable solution.

"Wachovia will work with InvoiceLink and our customers to introduce the electronic billing model to the customer's environment as a complement to the overall collection process."

InvoiceLink Corporation was founded in 1997 and is based in Greensboro, N.C. The company specializes in the delivery and support of application software for the rapidly emerging e-commerce and customer communications market. InvoiceLink products enable a company to remove paper from the billing process and communicate directly with its customers electronically with no third-party involvement. Customers receive bill notifications via e-mail that is linked to the billers secured Internet Web site. The company also provides innovative technologies for linking biller sites directly to Internet/banking portals. The company's patent-pending products allow a biller's customer to modify payment amounts, timing of payments and the source of payment (checking, savings or credit card).

Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB) is a leading bank holding company with Wachovia Bank, N.A. its principal subsidiary. At June 30, 1999, Wachovia had $67 billion in assets and ranked 16th among U.S. banking firms. Wachovia Bank, N.A. has more than 700 offices and 1,300 ATMs in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Wachovia is a leading corporate bank, offering a broad range of credit, specialized finance, capital markets, investment and processing services tailored to meet the needs of companies of all sizes.

Child abuser gets 25-year prison term.(Courts)(The defendant pleaded guilty to sex crimes committed against children ages 9 and 11)

Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard

Correction (published July 8, 2011): Phillip Curtis Collicott was convicted of one count of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of first-degree sexual penetration and three counts of encouraging child sexual abuse. A City/Region story Thursday incorrectly said he was convicted of an additional count of sexual penetration and seven additional counts of encouraging child sex abuse. Also, Collicott was convicted in a stipulated facts trial, in which he acknowledged that the state had enough evidence to result in a conviction. The story incorrectly stated that he pleaded guilty to his offenses.

A 29-year-old Springfield man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two children ages 9 and 11.

Phillip Curtis Collicott, 29, was sentenced under Oregon's version of Jessica's law, first passed in Florida after 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford Act was raped and murdered by a previously convicted sex offender in 2005. The law sets a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years for certain sexual offenses against children younger than 12.

Collicott pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree sexual abuse, two counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, two counts of first-degree sodomy and 10 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse.

The latter counts arose from Collicott's downloading of child pornography from the Internet. Investigators found no evidence that Collicott recorded his abuse of the two children, Lane County Deputy District Attorney David Schwartz said.

Collicott's attorney, Janise Augur, said her client committed the crimes under the influence of "intense alcoholism and depression."

He had no previous criminal history, had been honorably discharged from the U.S. Army, was active in the National Guard, and was "a good citizen when not using alcohol," she said after the sentencing.

WEBLEY SYSTEMS: Webley Systems, Inc. names Michael M. M. Connors Chairman of the Board.

M2 PRESSWIRE-30 September 1999-WEBLEY SYSTEMS: Webley Systems, Inc. names Michael M. Connors Chairman of the Board (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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* Former America Online Technologies President to Provide Strategic Direction

WASHINGTON, DC -- Webley Systems, Inc., a leading provider of unified messaging and communications services, commonly known as "personal assistants," announces that Michael M. Connors, President Emeritus of AOL Technologies, has been named Chairman of the Webley Systems Board of Directors.

"We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Michael M. Connors as Chairman of the Board of Webley Systems," said Patricia Mathis, CEO of Webley Systems, Inc. "The vision and strategic direction he can provide will solidify Webley's position as the preeminent supplier of unified communications services."

Connors served as the chief technical executive for America Online, the world's leading Internet service, for six years. He resigned the position of President of AOL Technologies in 1998 to become President Emeritus and to join the board of the AOL Foundation, which develops programs to use the power of computer networks to improve the lives of families and children and empower the disadvantaged.

Webley Systems, Inc.'s unified communications and messaging system, Webley, integrates computers, the Internet and telephony to provide a more simplified and effective communications service for users. Ease of use and simplicity of operation is facilitated by natural speech recognition commands over the phone and a personal website to access all types of messages over the Internet. The system employs state of the art text-to-speech technology to enable users to have their own e-mail read to them over the phone.

Central to the "simplification" promise of the Webley service is a single telephone number that forwards all incoming calls to any and multiple destinations and receives faxes. Incoming calls are answered and, if preferred, screened by the Webley personal assistant. The subscriber can choose to either take the call, or have the Webley personal assistant take a message. Users can automatically place calls and set up 32 party conference calls by speaking the name of the party from a contact list which they have uploaded from their PIM.

The "universal" message inbox containing voice mail, faxes and email can be accessed over the phone and Web Customers are given their own.

About Webley Systems, Inc.

The Webley Systems Inc. fully featured personal assistant integrates customers' messages over the phone and Internet. The Company markets directly under its own brand and provides private label functionality to all types of service providers. Webley Systems, Inc., is a privately held company. For more information about the Company and its products visit www.Webley.com.

About Michael M. Connors

Michael M. Connors is President Emeritus at the America Online Technologies unit. Connors joined AOL in October 1992 as senior vice president, technology and operations, after working for 25 years at International Business Machines where he held executive positions in a range of marketing, research and development, manufacturing, and financial positions. He is credited with building AOL's products and network during six years of sky-rocketing subscriber growth.

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Start spreading the news: 'word of link's power is like nothing we've experienced before. It's about how we pass along information, share ideas, and expand business in our digital times.'.(Links That Bind: Envisioning Connections)

Information, news, recommendations and yes, gossip, have always been spread by word of mouth. In the digital age when people share such things, the result is more immediate, expansive and powerful--and how it happens depends a lot less on conversation and more on the links we send. On Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn, the reigning method is "word of link," and this strategy also thrives in e-mails and on blogs and websites devoted to publishing news and journalism.

Those "share" buttons on stories and blog posts do get clicked.

Distribution--passing along what's of interest through personal networks--is only the beginning of our community-building impulse. Collaborative journalism happens with a click as readers, listeners and viewers enlist themselves to be ambassadors for those who report, write and produce the news.

How we function in digital communities isn't just changing journalism's ecosystem; it is having a profound effect on how business works--and this includes journalists.

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"At its core, social media requires that business leaders start thinking like small-town shop owners," Gary Vaynerchuk writes in his new book, "The Thank You Economy." "They're going to have to take the long view and stop using short-term benchmarks to gauge their progress. They're going to have to allow the personality, heart, and soul of the people who run all levels of the business to show."

If he's right--and I believe he is--radical transparency (yes, more radical than what's already happened) lies ahead for news companies and journalists. It will involve people covering real news that will be absorbed and shared by people with others they interact with in their various digital communities.

No more being disconnected--of "us" standing apart from "them."

Like Nothing Before

Word of link's power is like nothing we've experienced before. It's about how we pass along information, share ideas, and expand business in our digital times.

Consider Groupon, one of the fastest growing companies in the history of the Web. Absorb the fact that Groupon--the community gathering let's-make-a-deal approach to digital commerce--is on pace to pull in $1 billion in sales in record time. This company didn't start advertising outside of search engines until it had millions of users and had launched in dozens of cities. (Judging by the negative reaction to its Super Bowl ad this year that was probably a good idea.) Instead, Groupon grew from an e-mail listserv in Chicago to launches in Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C. largely through word of link. Motivated to share the daily deal with friends, the customer base grew exponentially. Groupon estimates that more than half of its Web visitors come because of referrals from friends.

In the news business, few would have believed that a start-up would surpass The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post in unique Web users in less than five years. Yet that's what The Huffington Post did. With 17 million monthly unique visitors in March, this celebrity driven website had more traffic than the Journal and Post combined and at a price of $315 million it became the property of AOL earlier this year. Absent word of link, it's unlikely that Groupon or The Huffington Post--or Zappos or Pandora or many other digital start-ups--would have found such success so quickly.

The Referral Economy

City University of New York journalism professor Jeff Jarvis talks and writes about the "link economy," describing it as "the new currency of media." He refers to it as a "gift economy" in which "links are presents that can be given or earned but not bought."

Word of link is similar to this link economy, but it is grounded in social conventions that predate the Internet and the digital device known as links. While the link economy speaks more to the power of search algorithms and Google ads, word of link is more about the power of who is sharing the link and that person's relationship to the person or company behind the link. It's much like the product endorsement that comes from a trusted friend compared to one from a celebrity spokesperson on TV.

Research highlights a pattern that at first glance seems counterintuitive. Those who arrive at a news website because of a link posted on Facebook or Twitter are likely to stay longer and return more often than visitors who get sent there from a link found through a search engine. What is surprising about this finding is that readers who click on links from search engines are actively pursuing information, while those who get there via a social network are passive news consumers who are suddenly transformed into active ones.

The Q. and A. website Quora has been around since 2009. But last year, on the day after Christmas, the influential tech personality Robert Scoble wrote a post entitled, "Is Quora the biggest blogging innovation in 10 years?" During the preceding 10 months, Quora.com averaged 113,000 unique users per month, according to Compete. In the two months after Scoble's widely distributed post, which raced around the Web on Twitter, Facebook and blogs, Quora.com averaged 313,479 unique users.

Who shared a link makes the difference. Powerful referrals come with greater ease and frequency for news companies and journalists who have personal relationships with those whom New York University (NYU) journalism professor Jay Rosen calls "the people formerly known as the audience." And Seoble is one of the most well-connected and transparent reporters and bloggers of our time.

The average Facebook user has 130 friends and the average Twitter account has 300 followers. According to Vaynerchuk's math, that means one average user with accounts on both platforms has the potential to reach 7,740 people with a single message. That message could be a thumbs-up, one-word comment, like "interesting," and the link then piggybacks on that. Or the message could be critical or snarky, questioning the value or approach on coverage.

Authentic, personal interactions with journalists and news organizations transform passive members of an audience into active endorsers and distributors--even partners. NYU professor Clay Shirky talks about three elements that make social media powerful: the promise, the tools, and the bargain. Almost universally, news companies have made the promise of interactivity via social media by launching Facebook pages and Twitter accounts. Now the follow-through must be their use of these tools to stay true to the bargain--of maintaining genuine communication and connection.

They talk to you through their storytelling; the expectation is that you will talk back to them. And just as word of mouth worked better when deeper connections existed between those giving and receiving information, the same dynamic applies to word of link. What sets word of link apart is its accelerated speed, broader range, and potential for stronger influence.

The News Finds Me

When I'm visiting college students, I always ask where they get their news. Most shrug. I might as well have asked them where they get their food. "Everywhere," most respond. Another answer I get frequently--and it's worth remembering--is the notion that "if the news is important enough, it will find me."

Translated--if my friends think I should know, they'll tell me.

According to Facebook, the average user creates 90 pieces of content each month on the site. More than 30 billion pieces of content are shared each month, and much of that is what we call journalism. Certainly reporters want their work shared, but if they focus too much on what moves the quickest on social networks this could lead to a form of "link-bait" journalism. The audience is too smart for that; or, let's say many of us hope they are and will see through attempts to pander with sensational angles. Occasionally, of course, pandering will work, but over the long haul taking this route will damage the credibility of journalists and news organizations.

Weaving a community together is more than amassing huge numbers of Facebook fans and Twitter followers. It's a challenge of quality, not quantity. I'll take 100 people who feel they are partners rather than 1,000 followers who consider us a glorified headline service. We'll get better news tips, better feedback, and more evangelism from those 100 people--plus all those in their respective networks.

Small-town business owners rely heavily on word of mouth for marketing. By embracing this approach but with a new twist, those who gather and disseminate news will leverage word of link in ways that will expand their audience, improve their journalism, and grow their business.

Mark Briggs is author of "Journalism Next: A Practical Guide to Digital Reporting and Publishing" and "Entrepreneurial Journalism: How to Build What's Next for News," to be published by CQ Press in October. He is also the director of digital media for KING-TV in Seattle, Washington and a Ford Fellow in Entrepreneurial Journalism at The Poynter Institute. He blogs at www.journalism20.com.

Ford to Join 2011 Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference.(Conference news)

On June 15, Bob Shanks, Ford Motor Company VP and controller, will participate in the 2011 Deutsche Bank Global Industrials and Basic Materials Conference in Chicago.

The presentation will be held from 8:40 a.m. until 9:15 a.m. Central Time. A question and answer session will be included in the 35 minutes.

Presentation slides will be available on the Internet at shareholder.ford.com shortly before the start of the event.

Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry company manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents.

More Information:

www.ford.com

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Susquehanna Financial Group Hires Vasily Karasyov as Senior Media, Cable & Entertainment Analyst.

Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP (SFG), the institutional broker-dealer member of the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG), announced that Vasily Karasyov has joined the firm as the Senior Analyst covering the Media, Cable & Entertainment sectors. Mr. Karasyov, whose coverage will include names such as The Walt Disney Company, News Corp, Time Warner, and Viacom will be based out of Susquehanna's New York office.

"Vasily is a welcome addition to SFG's growing Technology/Media/Telecommunications research team - which now consists of C. Ming Zhao (Chinese Internet and New Media), James 'Derrick' Wood, CFA (Enterprise Software), Jeff Fidacaro (Consumer Technology and Hardware), Jamie Friedman (IT Services/Outsourcing), Mehdi Hosseini (Semiconductor Capital Equipment and CleanTech), and Chris Caso (Semiconductor Devices)" said Mike Towey, SFG's Director of Research. "Vasily's hiring brings us to 26 senior fundamental analysts in six major industry sectors (Financial, Consumer, Healthcare, Energy, Industrials, and TMT) covering 330 companies -- triple the size of our research footprint 12 months ago."

For the last five years Mr. Karasyov was a senior member of the top-ranked Internet and Media team at JP Morgan with primary responsibility for covering the Media sector. Mr. Karasyov joined JP Morgan in 2006. Prior to JPM, Vasily spent six years in the media industry, most recently at Sony Pictures Entertainment as an Executive Director in Corporate Development, focusing on M&A, financing transactions and strategic planning in motion pictures, television, home entertainment, and new media.

Mr. Karasyov graduated from Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University in Russia and later earned his MBA at INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration) in Fountainebleau, France.

"Vasily is a superb hire for us. Not only has he built a well-respected and highly ranked research franchise, but Vasily's significant time and experience in industry as an M&A professional at Sony, brings unique perspective and differentiation to his work," stated Cory Carlesimo, SFG's Head of Equities. "We believe that the 115+ hires we have made in Research, Sales and Trading over the past 18 months has positioned the firm to deliver a differentiated product offering, which will positively impact the investment process for our institutional clients."

Keywords: Electronics, Entertainment, Finance, Financial, Investing, Investment, Lllp, Semiconductor, Software, Susquehanna Financial Group, Susquehanna Financial Group Lllp, Technology, Television.

This article was prepared by Telecommunications Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Telecommunications Weekly via VerticalNews.com.

LCNB Corp. Reports Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011.

LEBANON, Ohio -- LCNB Corp. (OTCBB: LCNB) today announced net income of $2,302,000 (total basic and diluted earnings per common share of $0.34) for the three months ended March 31, 2011. This compares to $2,212,000 (total basic and diluted earnings per common share of $0.33) for the same three-month period in 2010. The $90,000 increase in net income was due to a $753,000 increase in income from discontinued operations, net of tax, caused by the sale of LCNB's insurance agency subsidiary during the first quarter 2011. In late 2010, LCNB Corp.'s board of directors resolved to sell the insurance agency subsidiary and therefore its financial results are reported in the income statement as income from discontinued operations, net of taxes. The increase in income from discontinued operations reflects the gain recognized on the sale, less certain related closing costs, taxes, and a curtailment expense recognized in LCNB's nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan due to the sale.

Net income from continuing operations for the first quarter 2011 was $663,000 less than the first quarter of 2010 primarily due to a $531,000 increase in the provision for loan losses and a $519,000 increase in non-interest expense.

Net loan charge-offs for the first quarter of 2011 and 2010 totaled $374,000 and $146,000, respectively. Non-accrual loans and loans past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest totaled $3,670,000 or 0.79% of total loans at March 31, 2011, compared to $4,061,000 or 0.89% of total loans at December 31, 2010. The decrease was primarily due to the receipt of a guarantee payment on a Small Business Administration loan that had been classified as non-accrual at December 31, 2010. The provision for loan losses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased $531,000 over the comparative period in 2010 due to increased net charge-offs, troubled debt restructurings, and current economic conditions. Other real estate owned (which includes property acquired through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure and also includes property deemed to be in-substance foreclosed) and other repossessed assets totaled approximately $2,319,000 at March 31, 2011 and $2,114,000 at December 31, 2010. The increase was primarily due to inventory repossessed from a commercial borrower that ceased operations.

Net interest income for the first quarter 2011 was $82,000 less than for the comparable 2010 period primarily due to a reduction in general market rates. Non-interest income for the first quarter 2011 was $178,000 greater than the comparable 2010 period primarily due to increased gains from the sale of investment securities. Non-interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased $519,000 from the comparative period in 2010 largely due to a $145,000 increase in salaries and a $139,000 increase in employee benefits.

LCNB Corp. is a financial holding company headquartered in Lebanon, Ohio. LCNB Corp.'s only business is ownership of LCNB National Bank, which has 25 offices located in Warren, Butler, Montgomery, Clinton, Clermont, and Hamilton Counties, Ohio. An additional office is currently under construction in Monroe, Ohio. Additional information about LCNB Corp. and information about products and services offered by LCNB National Bank can be found on the Internet at www.LCNB.com.

Certain matters disclosed herein may be deemed to be forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including regulatory policy changes, interest rate fluctuations, loan demand, loan delinquencies and losses, and other risks. Actual strategies and results in future time periods may differ materially from those currently expected. Such forward-looking statements represent management's judgment as of the current date. LCNB disclaims any intent or obligation to update such forward-looking statements. LCNB intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

LCNB Corp. and Subsidiaries Financial Highlights (Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Condensed Income Statement						Three Months Ended March 31,
						2011			2010
Interest income						$8,130				8,602
Interest expense						1,772				2,162
Net interest income						6,358				6,440
Provision for loan losses						739				208
Net interest income after provision						5,619				6,232
Non-interest income						1,931				1,753
Non-interest expense						5,726				5,207
Income before income taxes						1,824				2,778
Provision for income taxes						346				637
Net income from continuing operations						1,478				2,141
Income from discontinued operations, net of taxes						824				71
Net income						$2,302				2,212
Dividends per common share						$0.16				0.16
Basic earnings per common share:
Continuing operations						0.22				0.32
Discontinued operations						0.12				0.01
Diluted earnings per common share:
Continuing operations						0.22				0.32
Discontinued operations						0.12				0.01
Average basic shares outstanding						6,689,743				6,687,232
Average diluted shares outstanding						6,741,767				6,728,730
Selected Financial Ratios
Return on average assets						1.22%				1.21%
Return on average equity						13.16%				13.37%
Dividend payout ratio						45.71%				48.48%
Net interest margin (tax equivalent)						3.87%				4.11%
Selected Balance Sheet Items						March 31, 2011			December 31, 2010
Investment securities						$226,379				251,053
Loans						463,453				454,991
Less allowance for loan losses						2,931				2,641
Net loans						460,522				452,350
Total assets						765,377				760,134
Total deposits						655,091				638,539
Short-term borrowings						11,402				21,691
Long-term debt						22,402				23,120
Total shareholders' equity						71,468				70,707
Shares outstanding at period end						6,689,743				6,689,743
Book value per share						$10.68				10.57
Equity to assets ratio						9.34%				9.30%
Assets Under Management
LCNB Corp. total assets						$765,377				760,134
Trust and investments (fair value)						227,085				223,545
Mortgage loans serviced						69,627				70,705
Business cash management						10,513				9,591
Brokerage accounts (fair value)						85,400				82,385
Total assets managed						$1,158,002				1,146,360